[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 91 (Thursday, May 12, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25014-25015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-9450]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request--National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast 
Program: School Food Safety Inspections

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice invites the general public to comment on proposed information 
collection related to the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), 
including adjustments to be made as a result of the interim rule, 
School Food Safety Inspections.

DATES: To be assured of consideration, comments must be received by 
July 11, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Send comments and requests for copies of this information 
collection to: Mr. Robert Eadie, Policy and Program Development Branch, 
Child Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department 
of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 640, Alexandria, Virginia 
22302. Comments will also be accepted via E-Mail submission if sent to 
[email protected]. When submitting comments via E-mail you must 
include ``School Food Safety Inspections'' on the subject line.
    Comments are invited on (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    All responses to this Notice will be summarized and included in the 
request

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for OMB approval, and will become a matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Todd J. Barrett, Acting Section Chief, 
School Programs Section, Policy and Program Development Branch, Child 
Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition Service at (703) 305-2590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: National School Lunch Program 
Regulations.
    OMB Number: 0584-0006.
    Expiration Date: 07/31/2007.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The interim rule entitled, ``National School Lunch 
Program and School Breakfast Program: School Food Safety Inspections'' 
will amend the NSLP and School Breakfast Program (SBP) regulations to 
implement Section 111 of the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization 
Act of 2004, Public Law 108-265 which amended Section 9(h) of the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758). 
Specifically, Section 111 of Public Law 108-265 increases the number of 
mandatory food safety inspections for schools participating in the NSLP 
or SBP from one to two per year; requires schools to post the most 
recent inspection report in a visible location and to release a copy of 
the report to the public upon request; and requires States to annually 
audit the school food safety inspections and to submit the results to 
the Food and Nutrition Service for each of fiscal years 2006 through 
2009.
    Estimate of Burden: The school food safety inspection provisions of 
the interim rule entitled, ``National School Lunch Program and School 
Breakfast Program: School Food Safety Inspections,'' apply to schools 
participating in at least one of the programs. Schools that participate 
in the SBP also participate in the NSLP. Therefore, the entire 
information collection burden for the school food safety inspection 
provisions will be contained in the information collection for NSLP, 
OMB-0584-0006, even though the provisions pertain to both the NSLP and 
SBP. The current inventory for this collection is 10,448,411 burden 
hours. When the interim rule entitled, ``National School Lunch Program 
and School Breakfast Program: School Food Safety Inspections'' is 
published and the burden package is approved, the reporting burden will 
increase by 10,468 hours and the recordkeeping burden will increase by 
21,960 hours. The total increase in burden for NSLP, OMB-0584-0006 will 
be 32,428 hours; for a total of 1,307,886 reporting hours and 9,172,953 
recordkeeping hours.
    Reporting--1,307,886 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 121,426 respondents.
    Average Number of Responses per Respondent: 11 responses.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 2,416,242.
    Estimated Time per Response: .54 hours/response.
    Recordkeeping--9,172,953 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 121,426 respondents.
    Average Number of Responses per Respondent: 16 responses.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 29,385,463.
    Estimated Time per Response: .31.

    Dated: April 26, 2005.
Roberto Salazar,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 05-9450 Filed 5-11-05; 8:45 am]
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